All i'm getting out of this is "Lets defeat the social purpose of an MMO by forcing everyone to be self sufficient."

If Square-Enix intended for everyone to do research, they'd A. Provide this informative content online themselves, or B. give everyone guide books to complete it. No, they are fully expecting us experienced people to help those that are still working through the content. You may bitch and complain that this game is catering to casuals, but that's their intent. If that bothers you, then you are just taking too long to figure out this game isn't designed for YOU.